PC steel powered garage door

[Riamus]

As a note, in creative menu, use search and type one letter at a time of an item's name.  The level of the item will change as you do. Not sure why it works this way, but you can usually manage to get the level you want this way.

 

[theFlu]

HIGH_BATTERY=4x25W=100W (tweaking)
LOW_BATTERY=2x25W=50W (tweaking)
TOTAL_BATTERY=150W

Quoting a randomish section.. I ended up testing that version of mine with everything in one chain, and I got it working. Basically:

Bank1 (41W) -> Cam (5W) x 2 -> Light (5W) x 6 -> Bank2 (100W) -> Doors (5W) x 6

I had some issues, I couldn't get it properly stable with a 45W Bank1 and lights. One door was doing its own thing.

That issue stabilised with the 41W watt bank. The chain drains 40W, so it happens to deliver exactly 1W to Bank2 when activated. That seems perfect to shut Bank2 off while powering as little as possible past it.

Basically it looks like "charging" bank 2 doesn't actually cost any power, so the 5W extra was enough to open that one door.

Might be worth giving the idea a try.. at least it makes sense this way...

Also note, I earlier mentioned turning lights on/off to adjust the power.. seems that my lights were draining their nominal power even while off, so, might wanna verify that. I was using the Industrial Light Bulbs. I edited the above..

EDIT: for a little clarity.

 

[Terro]

Bank1 (41W) -> Cam (5W) x 2 -> Light (5W) x 6 -> Bank2 (100W) -> Doors (5W) x 6

I have lines going from bigbattery to lights.. like skater and it did work before somehow.

smallbank->2cam->bigbank

bigbank->2doorrelays->6doors

bigbank->lights

I have wondered how the overcharge works this way but decided not to question it.. your way does make actual sense.

You put wires straight from the cameras to the lights?

Without a relay between cam to lights? Thought cams could only have 1 outgoing wire.

You can connect a cam to 5lights+bank2 with 6 direct wires out of a cam?

 

[theFlu]

I have wondered how the overcharge works this way but decided not to question it..

Well, it can work, as long as the lights after Bank2 end up taking up the power first - but nothing is guaranteeing that. With the electric system occasionally being unable to decide whether a component is a Trip Wire or an Electric Fence, I wouldn't trust a "loading order" to remain static for any period of time; which is sorta why I proposed that other loadout, it has a better chance of being stable as it's all in series.

You put wires straight from the cameras to the lights?

Without a relay between cam to lights? Thought cams could only have 1 outgoing wire.

And literally, it's ALL in a single series:

Bank1 -> cam1 -> cam2 -> light -> light -> light -> light -> light -> light -> Bank2 -> Door -> Door -> Door -> Door -> Door -> Door

So, while you Can connect several things outgoing*, you don't want to in this case.

*at least from Relays and such, I'm not entirely sure about cams, but I assume so.

The first door takes 5W to work, so I think you'll need to hit 1 to 4W coming to Bank2. 5W seemed to randomly bug it out. As those lights are 5W each, you may need something else to hit the 1-4 gap.

 

[Melange]

You can do vehicle-detection with at least cameras and trip wires, I haven't tried trigger plates but I would be surprised if not. For cams & wires it isn't even really different from walking detection, I haven't run into any vehicle-specific issues with either.

You may have been bugged.

Thanks. Its the second time I've posted my thoughts on the matter, but I've not tested anything as of late. I'll update my findings (perhaps with bird nest residue on my face) in a few days. But what I'm really after: Open the door for me only. Whilst I am in the driver seat. I haven' figured that scenario out

 

[theFlu]

Open the door for me only. Whilst I am in the driver seat. I haven' figured that scenario out

Well, now that you said that, I went and checked my game - I wasn't sure if the "self" setting of the motion sensor would recognize the vehicle. Seeing the vehicle instead of the player would be a plausible source for issues, but I'm happy to report it seemed to work fine. Solo game, so the vehicle was placed by me - who knows, ownership might matter...

 

[Melange]

Well, now that you said that, I went and checked my game - I wasn't sure if the "self" setting of the motion sensor would recognize the vehicle. Seeing the vehicle instead of the player would be a plausible source for issues, but I'm happy to report it seemed to work fine. Solo game, so the vehicle was placed by me - who knows, ownership might matter...

Yeah, I've been remiss on this thread. I've not re-tested anything. What i desire is the door to open for me, me only. Yes, trip wires and the plates do work, but for the enemy also. Guess I wasn't clear enough with my intent.

We'll progress. Or we'll continue to put our vehicle in our pocket as we ascend the ladder.

 

[Melange]

Yeah, I've been remiss on this thread. I've not re-tested anything. What i desire is the door to open for me, me only. Yes, trip wires and the plates do work, but for the enemy also. Guess I wasn't clear enough with my intent.

We'll progress. Or we'll continue to put our vehicle in our pocket as we ascend the ladder.

Yer good. thanks for the input. Lolz. They dropped all covid testing here as of yesterday. I'll still wear a mask. 

 

[Terro]

ok so i made something and tried to paste it as reply but its saying its spam.. is it the part of the excel im pasting thats seen as spam or the fact that its a long reply..

gonna try to post in 2 parts i guess. hope it works


 


 


 


[UAS2]


 


 


 


 


[AS5]


[L_DOOR1]


[L_DOOR2]


[L_DOOR3]


[AS4]


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



(BASE) DRIVE OUT--->>>



[AS6]


 


 


 


[AS3]



<<<---(OUTSIDE) DRIVE IN



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


[AS1}


[R_DOOR1]


[R_DOOR2]


[R_DOOR3]


[AS2]


 


 


 


 


[UAS1]


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


[GEN]


 


 


 


 

((TERRO'S HORIZONTAL 2x3 STEEL GARAGE DOOR POWERED BUILD.. for 15long 5wide underground entrance))
***Only problem with it is if someone goes in without exiting before another person enters.. the doors open+close+open instead of just open for the 2nd person coming in.
***So perfect for 1player, but with multiple players just make sure u dont speeddrive in cus if someone arrived and hasnt exited yet ur gonna get an open+close+open door.
***For the ramp, i dunno im into electricity now.. had the ramp working but not electricity.. was combo of wedges/narrow wedges/ramps or something
/////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
////////THE BUILD\\\\\\\\
/////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
1)---GENERATOR with max engines for 300w.. overkill.. So could put lights or even more doors. I will stay 2x3doors, downsize door generator and lights will be a seperate generator.
2)---MOTION SENSORS---
--ACTIVE MOTION SENSORS--
powerdelay=5sec 
power duration=triggered
(toggles power from on to off, or off to on)
--UNACTIVE MOTION SENSORS--
powerdelay=5sec 
power duration=always
(always just keeps the current going, its a sensor thats pointing down to not trigger anyways. I put delay 5sec, dont know why but did some testing and this worked)
____________________________________________________
Active sensor 1+2 and 4+5 are on opposide entryways of the path u drive through to trigger the gates. One on each side pointing inward. I use arrow slits to limit their field of view.
Active sensors 3+6 are unnecessary and need optimalization, but do not hinder this build or can just be removed/bypassed if unwanted, but i want to expand on this as a failsafe for slow drivers/walkers or even if adding more doors.
Unactive sensors are just there as a cable point to extend the full sensor_only circuit, point these down or make sure they see nothing.
____________________________________________________
3)---((THE CIRCUIT))
GEN->AS1->UAS1->AS2->AS3->AS4->UAS2->AS5->AS6
AS6->L_DOOR1->L_DOOR2->L_DOOR3->R_DOOR3->R_DOOR2->R_DOOR1
____________________________________________________
4)---((CIRCUIT MAP))
PASTE CIRCUIT MAP HERE
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Ty for looking,
Terro Opress

If you have any ideas or improvements feel free to add to comments

ok so i pasted the excel first then the written text and the forum automatically merged them.. while when i tied to paste it in one go it said it cancelled cus might be spam..

ok its long but hope it helps someone. Nice entrance for an underground base or something.

 

[Jinx_DG]

I cant craft leveled batteries for some reason, maybe cus DarknessFalls

DF does not have leveled batteries, nor are you able to craft leveled batteries. Either you misread or the text needs updating. 

 

[Terro]

Finally finished my underground base build after getting the entrance doors working..

Here's what it looks like. Was a monster build project, but im loving the end product.

Maybe someone gets some ideas for their own base from it.

(everything except the top entrance level is to scale with 1 square = 1 building block)

The parking (middle) level works, but be careful adjusting cus it could easily get stability issues.

 

[Melange]

Gonna try this again. I laid down a few sentences when the whole site took a bow. Grrr.

Nice work. I have usually 18 to 21 crates on my left, and 2 for metals and concrete on my right. Never was a Jay Leno, had at most a motorcycle and maybe a 4x4, so didn't consider parking as a priority. Nice base.

 

[Riamus]

Yeah, I've been remiss on this thread. I've not re-tested anything. What i desire is the door to open for me, me only. Yes, trip wires and the plates do work, but for the enemy also. Guess I wasn't clear enough with my intent.

We'll progress. Or we'll continue to put our vehicle in our pocket as we ascend the ladder.

One thing I thought I would mention regarding using the camera to open the door for you while driving a vehicle...

In some vehicles, like the 4x4, you sit back a ways from the front.  The camera will trigger when it see you.  I don't believe it triggers on the actual vehicle.  This may require aiming the camera further away from the door than you would if you were not going to drive in.  If you were having trouble getting it to work while in the vehicle, that may be why.

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I tried it the door as shown in the video.  It works well enough, but unfortunately, you end up with a gap between the two doors or else the two doors overlap.  Still looks good and works well, though I doubt I'd do this again without being able to properly lay the doors on their side so they work "normally".